Birmingham: Meerabai Chanu is a silver medalist in Tokyo Olympics. Meera won gold for India with a record performance in the 49 kg final. The actor lifted 201 kg in snatch clean, lean and jerk categories. Meera managed to lift 88 kg in the snatch and 119 kg in the lean and jerk. She lifted 88kg in the snatch and almost secured the medal. After the snatch, he had a lead of 12 kg over his opponents. Sanket’s fight, which won the silver, was also impressive. Despite an injury to his right hand, Sanket won the first medal for India. For the star to lift 107 kg in his first attempt at snatch.
In the second attempt, he increased it to 111 kg. The star lifted 113 kg in the third attempt. Sanket Sargar nearly clinched the medal as the snatch ended. Sargar was far ahead of his competitors. The star was injured while competing in clean and jerk. With that, India lost the gold. In the first attempt in the clean and jerk, the star lifted 135 kg and dominated clearly. His right hand was injured during the second attempt. With that, the attempt was fouled. He tried to lift the weight in the third attempt without any injury but failed. With that Sargar ended in silver. Sargar is also a national champion. Sargar also managed to win the title in the last Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship. 21-year-old Sargar hails from Sagli, Maharashtra. Father Mahadev Ananda Sargar’s paan shop is the only source of income. Sanket has a brother and a sister. The shop is run by Mahadev and his wife Rajshree. Sanket sometimes goes to the shop to help his father. He completed his training from Digvijay Institute of Weightlifting, Sagli.
2020 Khelo India performed well at the University Games. With that, he reached the National Institute of Sports in Patiala, Punjab. Gururaja managed to lift a total of 269 kg yesterday (118 kg in snatch and 151 kg in clean and jerk). Malaysia’s Aznil bin Bidin Muhammad won gold with a Games record of 285 kg. Asnil lifted 127 kg in snatch and 158 kg in clean and jerk. Moria Baru of Papua New Guinea lifted 273 kg and won silver. Moria lifted 121 kg in snatch and 152 kg in clean and jerk.
India’s Srihari Natarajan made it to the finals in swimming. Srihari entered the men’s backstroke semi-final with a time of 54.55 seconds. The 21-year-old Srihari finished fourth in the heat. Finished seventh overall. The final will be held today. South Africa’s Peter Koets was the fastest finisher in 53.67 seconds. Prashanth Karmakar’s bronze (para swimming) at the 2010 Delhi Games is India’s highest total in swimming. Srihari is the star who competed in A heat in Tokyo Olympics. He finished 27th in 100 backstroke in 54.31 seconds. Kushagra Raut, who competed in the men’s 400 freestyle heat, failed to make it to the semi-finals. Kushagra finished 14th with a time of 3 minutes 57.45 seconds. India’s Tania Chaudhary suffered her third straight defeat in the loan ball. Tania Chaudhary lost to Falkland Islands’ Dee Hogan and Arthur Almond on the first day.
In the third round held yesterday, she lost to Laura Daniels with a score of 21-10. In gymnastics, India’s Yogeshwar Singh entered the all-around final. Co-stars Saif Tamboli and Satyajeet Mondal might not make it to the finals. Yogeshwar from Haryana will compete in the final as the 16th runner-up. The final is on August 2. The women’s team continues to win in table tennis. The Indian team won the third match in a row in Group 2.
India defeated Guyana 3-0. Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennyson were the first to compete. Natalie Cummings-Chelsea Egdil pairs were the rivals. The Indian alliance dominated from the start and captured the first game 11-5. The Indian pair went on to win the next game with scores of 11-7, 11-7. In women’s singles, superstar Manika Batra defeated Thureira Thomas 11-1, 11-3, 11-3. In the third match, Reith Tennyson took on Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill. Reeth won the first game 11-7. In the second game, he faced a strong challenge from his opponent. The Indian took the game 14-12.
